Breaking Baroque Blog

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January 2018

     
    Jan 29, 2018

    Get to know Alison Melville, recorder soloist

    Virtuoso performer Alison Melville joins a select chamber group of Tafelmusik musicians to present the baroque recorder in A Recorder Romp (Feb 8–11, 2018) at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. We sat down with Alison to learn more about her. Enjoy!

    How did you come to choose your instrument?

    Jan 15, 2018

    Alison Mackay & Maryem Tollar invite you to Safe Haven

    A special video invitation to Safe Haven from Maryem Tollar. Click on the image above to watch the video.

    Jan 11, 2018

    Safe Haven: Asylum seekers in the baroque age and modern day

    by Tim Crouch, Marketing Manager

    "you have to understand, no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land."

    Jan 4, 2018

    What’s cooking at TWI this year?

    Ruth Denton. Photo: Emily Ding

    By Ruth Denton, oboe and box office staff

    T-What?
    The Tafelmusik Winter Institute, affectionately called TWI (pronounced Tee-Wee, rhymes with kiwi), is a week-long intensive study program for experienced period musicians. This year we will be focussing on music performed in France during the baroque era.

    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir